Final Fantasy Tactics to get simultaneous US and UK release

by Andrew Yoon { May 14th 2007 at 12:30PM }

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is officially coming to American and European territories. Ten years after its original release on PS1, this remake will feature brilliant cinematics, new jobs, new multiplayer modes, and new characters and story elements. The game will launch simultaneously in both North American and European markets this October.

[Via press release]

Tags: fft, final fantasy, final fantasy tactics, FinalFantasy, FinalFantasyTactics, square enix, SquareEnix

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kingofwale @ May 14th 2007 12:36PM

is this the EXACT same game as the one on PS way back?

Alien @ May 14th 2007 12:38PM

Finally , were getting the same attention on the same ate :D

Kspraydad @ May 14th 2007 12:42PM

- upgraded port with new characters, jobs, & content.
- now has fmv
- now has multiplayer, including coop
- is part of the Ivalice Alliance campaign of games featuring the Ivalice world. This version features the Onion Knight from Final Fantasy III (DS) and the Dark Knight classes.

kingofwale @ May 14th 2007 12:48PM

if it comes out in October, that makes it 4 months since Japan release.

if this apply to Crisis Core as well, we will see it in US and UK in maybe new year. sweeet.

quartet4 @ May 14th 2007 1:18PM

I've read that the game has a lot of unnecessary slowdown and lower quality sound effects. T_T

iceketch @ May 14th 2007 3:13PM

Don't worry people, there is an announcement about how the slowdown glitch have been a error of one of the programmers there, no big deal, since the US&UK versions will have that fixed and the music will be at full quality, not the "downgradated" ones you will have in both cinese/japanese versions.

It seems like they got lazy lately at S-E

Saigon @ May 14th 2007 4:07PM

iceketch, what's your source?

Pichi @ May 14th 2007 4:10PM

Indeed, we need a source.

cafecito @ May 15th 2007 1:31AM

A friend of mine got the import version, so I tried it out for a few minutes. I can't ready japanese at all, so I can only comment about graphics and sound.

Graphically, the new CG sequences are really gorgeous. I mean, REALLY gorgeous. Art in motion. I kinda missed the extra ones that play when you idle in the PS1 version's title screen tho (Job presentations, etc). The In-game graphics however, are pretty underwhelming. Same PS1 Low-Res filtered sprites, and same PS1 3D engine (You can actually see PS1-era texture-warping and polygon pop-up... nasty). It's just like a so-so emulated version of the game. Why so-so you ask? Because, for example, during Angela and Gafgarion's specials on the first battle, I noticed quite a bit of slowdown... and that's kinda sad.

In the sound dept. we've got the same old tunes from the PS1 version... that being a good thing since it's one of the best FF soundtracks ever, IMO. Sound effects tho, feel awfully dated. Specially the characters' death screams that sound like synthetized mouse cries or something.

That being told, I'm not sure if I'm still excited about getting the US version. Besides the new CG movies, I don't see any effort or love put into this remake.

And that's a bummer, cuz I really love the original.

Anyway, maybe some things can get better in the US version, who knows? But I'll check some reviews before considering a buy, I'm not placing a pre-order anymore.

Hope that little review has answers to some of your questions.